[2] Farmitalia occupied a position of choice in the world rankings of the profession, not only in Italy, but also at the world level with in particular the patent of Adriamycin, an anti-cancer drug qualified.
From its creation, Farmaceutici Italia buys the Schiapparelli factory.
[3] In 1978, Farmitalia was merged with Carlo Erba SpA, an Italian pharmaceutical company that had been founded in 1853 by the pharmacist Carlo Erba [it], in which Montecatini had acquired a controlling interest in 1971.
The merged company was called Farmitalia Carlo Erba SpA.
[5] Drugs discovered at Farmitalia that reached the market included (with date of first publication):